Anthony Phillips is a composer and guitarist who is known as a prolific writer of music for film and television as well as a recording artist. He was a founding member alongside Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks of the band Genesis, with whom he recorded the albums From Genesis To Revelation and Trespass. After leaving the group in 1970, Ant studied orchestration and harmony externally at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. After passing his LGSM exams, he taught music at Reeds School and Peper Harrow whilst continuing to compose and record in his home studio.
Ant marked his return to the commercial music scene with the release of his debut solo album The Geese & The Ghost in 1977 and since then has created a large and diverse output as a recording artist. As well as album releases such as Wise After The Event, Sides, Slow Dance and Field Day, he has to date also released eleven albums in the Private Parts & Pieces series and four volumes in the Missing Links series, with his latest album Strings of Light being released in October 2019. Whilst Ant continues to release solo albums to critical acclaim, increasingly his music has been much in-demand for film and television and he has established himself as one of the most prolific and successful composers of library music with tracks from his extensive output being regularly featured on commercials, films and television series throughout the world.
